they would come and mohammed hamoud would practice etch to them. >> he was almost a dr.a low key polite on one hand. at the meetings he would get fired up and be the motivational speaker. >> he would show speeches by hezbollah leadership, videos of hezbollah operations overseas. >> and they would cheer as these attacks were depicted on their propaganda videos killing americans, killing people. >> and he'd solicit donations for the cause. >> did you have someone on the inside, yourself? >> i can never discuss sources or methods. >> after this hour had passed, a lot of people would leave, but there was a core group there. then they would start talking about their activities. >> with hezbollah, the marquee activities are bombing buildings and airplanes and high profile attacks. where we don't pay much attention to is how do they fund themselves? how does isis fund itself? how does al qaeda fund itself? >> they are generating businesses, blending in and use that money to fund terrorism against us. >> mohammed hamou was the cell leader but the brains behind this entire conspi

for many years, mohammed hamoud attempted to get a visa to travel from lebanon to the united states.t smelled a rat. so hammoud and his two cousins traveled to venezuela and they spend about 40 days on margarita island and they obtain some really poor fake visas that they know when they get to jfk are going to be spotted. >> the three travel on separate planes and arrive in new york. their false visas are immediately detected. they caught mohammed hammoud red handed and he immediately claimed asylum from hezbollah, that he is being persecuted by hezbollah and they bought it, hook, line and sinker. so that gave him status. catch and release. he's out to do what he does as a hezbollah operative here in the united states. there is another hezbollah member already in charlotte, north carolina, his name saed harb. he came to charlotte from lebanon in 1998. 1988. a wheeler, a dealer, astute with criminal activity. request harb can make a buck he would. he was engaged in such a broad range from criminality, everything from visa fraud, marriage fraud, identity theft. he can talk a tin ear of